Barbed-wire stretcher



Oct. 16, 1945; J, H, SAY E'S 2,386,751

BARBED WIRE STRETCHER Filed Feb. 5, 1.943 3 Sheets-Sheet l 2E vie ia?INVENTOR ATTO R N EYS amd Oct 1945. J. H. SAYLES BARBED WIRE STRETCHERFiled Feb. 5, 1943 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 lea INVENTOR Oct. 16, 1945. J. H.SAYLES BABBED WIRE STRETCHER Filed Feb. 5, 1943 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 7 N Yw. o 1 W I .l. xv 5 H H 1 z\.& l H M Q 7 5 U m H m n W and ATTORNEYSPatented Oct. 16, 1945 UNIT STATES PATENT James H. Sayles, Uvalde, Tex.

Application February 5, 1943, Serial No. 474,820

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a device for unrolling and stretching barbedwire, the general object of the invention being to provide means forbolding one or more rolls of the wire in such a manner that it can beeasily played out along a fence line and other means for stretching thewire after it has been unrolled so that a barbed wire fence can beerected in a minimum amount of time.

A further object of the invention is to provide a casing having a rotarymember therein for sup- I is sleeved 0n the pin Ill Of a hin e With itsporting the wire and said casing having an opens in Contact With tCasing and a ing therein through which the wire passes as it A shaft IIis jour a ed in the rear end of the is unrolled, with spring doors forpreventing the frame I and has its ends bent to form the crank wirebeing played out t o fa t, handles l2. A chain I3 is connected with theA further object of th invention i t provide shaft and the outer end ofthe chain is connected a frame for supporting the casing and to the Withe Wire g pers I4 so that by tu t e rear of which is rotatably mounted ashaft to Shaft after the g p ha b p d in which the wire stretching meansare connected gagement with the wire, the wire will be stretched, theshaft havinghandles by which it may be as shown in Figures 1 and 2.rotated. From the foregoing it will be seen that by plac- This inventionalso consists in certain other ing a roll of wire in the casing up theturntable features of construction and in the combination 5 d passingthe n the i t ro t e and arrangement of the several parts, to be here-Opening, the W Will b unwrapped om t e o l inafter fully described,illustrated in the accomy astening the end of the wire to an object andpanying drawings n specifically pointed out in moving the wagon, for asthe wagon moves along, the appended cl im the strain on the wire willcause the turntable In describing my invention in detail, reference andthe T011 thereon to turn d s e e will be had to the accompanyingdrawings wher will unwrap from the roll. The pressure of the in likecharacters denote like or corresponding n Spring doors on t e wire willact to keep the Wire parts throughout the several views, and in which:60 from passing from t casing t a o that Figure 1 is an elevation withparts in section there is no danger of the Wir l i g as it passesshowing th invention applied to a wagon and from the casing. After asufl'i-cient amount of the wire being t t h d the wire has been playedout, the grippers can be Figure 2 i plan view f Figure fastened to thewire and then by turning the Figure 3 is Section on 11119 of Figureshaft II, the wire can be stretched along the post Figure 4 is s ti online 4 4 of Figure so that it can be fastened to the post. 'The shaftFigure 5 i tt plan View of the turntable. is provided with the ratchetmeans I l to prevent In these views I indicates a frame which mayretrograde movement thereofbe provided with Wheels so that it can bepushed I prefer to ne the casing with metal, as shown along the roundthough I prefer t f t the 40 at [5, to prevent the barbs of the wirecutting into frame in the body of a Wagon, such as shown at the k of thecasing and the doors are else A in Figures 1 and 2, with the rear part fthe lined with metal. I also prefer to place a tubular frame projectingfr m the Wagon This frame member l6 around the shaft 1, a disk I! beingsupports casing 2 which is provided with a r fastened to the lower endof the member l6 and hinged top 3 and has an annular track 4 on its 40upon the turntable the Openings in bottom. A turntable 5, having therollers 6 condlsk gficeiving g g fi i nected therewith, is rotatablymounted in the re er can mem ers nu is casing by having its rollersengaging the track. :Jififgg insures the dlsk mtatmg wlth the g gi gi zg l iz ig zfgi g gzgg ifii 52 3 In order to prevent the backwardmovement of tom f the casing and with its u e Wagon when the wire isbeing stretched, I p end passmg drive a post l9 into the ground in rearof the axle through a hole in the top 3- ThlS ehaft passes of the wagon,said post being provided with a through a centrally arranged hole in theturnb ac 20, table, a hub 8 being placed on the lower part 55 Th casingmay b mad tau enough o that a,

of the shaft and having its upper end extending into the hole in theturntable.

The casing has an opening 9 therein which is closed by a pair of springpressed doors III, the doors opening outwardly and the springs tendingto hold them closed.

The respective doors ID are hinged, as at ID, to the casing 2 atopposite sides of the opening 9 of the casing. As shown in Figure 1,each spring number of rolls of wire may be placed therein and theserolls can be unwound separately or simultaneously, as desired.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, providedthat such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

A wire handling device comprising a frame, a

support for a roll of barbed wire rotatably mounted on the frame, acylindrical casing surrounding the support and having an enlargedopening in the arcuate wall thereof, a pair of doors forming a closurefor the opening, each hinged to an opposed side of the opening andadapted to move outwardly by contact of the wire therewith as it iswithdrawn from the casing, and a spring connected to each door and tothe casing to urge the free ends of the doors into contact with thestrand at opposite sides thereof so as to tension the strand as it iswithdrawn from the casing.

' JAMES H. SAYLES.

